Mātanga Pakihi

Be part of a dynamic and supportive team environment
- Flexible work options to support work-life balance
- Supporting DCE/Kaihautū level - a range of interesting mahi

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role
As a Business Specialist at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) you will support our Kaihautū and across their broader teams. Bringing your whole self to work, you play a central role by providing seamless executive level support, planning and advice.
We have two positions available supporting our Deputy Chief Executives/Kaihautu from ourOrganisational Effectiveness and Māori Crown Relations business groups.
These are fast paced, critical roles requiring a solutions mindset and often out-of-the-box-thinking. Providing proactive, professional support across the full range of administrative, and organisational support activities - you are tech-savvy and can identify improved systems and processes to drive efficiencies. Approachable, customer-focussed and kind under pressure you will also be able to maintain a constantly changing environment.
The Organisational Effectiveness and Māori Crown Relations groups are designed to be influential centralised groups that support the whole of LINZ to be effective and grow capability.
Organisational Effectiveness combines the key enterprise functions to drive efficiencies, put the customer at the centre of our work, and support the ongoing performance of LINZ; Māori Crown Relations provides central leadership and support to grow Māori and iwi engagement capability across the organisation and ability to meet Te Tiriti settlement commitments and deliver as an honourable Treaty partner.
To support our Kaihautū to lead this mahi, you are already a savvy administrative professional, and will be able to skilfully manage multiple deadlines, priorities and customers / stakeholders to ensure the best outcome in each situation. Your experience in planning and organisational skills mean you see potential challenges and risks before they become issues. You build collaborative and positive working relationships across the wider business and are an active member of the Business Specialist network.

He pūkenga tou - Skills & Experience
- Sound administrative, logístical, and scheduling skills
- Strong focus on proactive forward planning and time management
- Ability to work collaboratively with others and build strong working relationships
- Continuously improve systems and processes to deliver productivity gains
- Customer centric, agile approach to work
- Able to identify and implement opportunities for streamlined services and ways of working
- Adept with a range of technology systems including Microsoft Office and project tools such as Jira Have a sense of humour and be an active participant in a team
- Understanding of and commitment to Te Tiriti and engagement with Māori and iwi
- A can-do attitude with the ability to get stuck in and give things a go

The expected appointing range for this role is $71,862 - $84,563

Te Tākinatanga - Our Story
Toitū Te Whenua plays a vital role in understanding, developing, and caring for New Zealand's whenua, moana and arawai (land, sea and waterways). Whether you're developing our products and services to support our customers, managing the Crown estate, engaging with our iwi partners, or helping us be an effective regulator, your contribution can make a difference. Our mahi helps New Zealanders have confidence that the development of our land, communities and country is being planned from an informed and expert position that balances environmental, social, cultural, and economic considerations. Now and for future generations.

Our Kia Toipoto Intentions - Public Service Gender, Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Pay Gap Action Plan

Tono mai - How to Apply
If you're eyeing up this role and believe you've got what it takes, please apply, or get in touch with the team.

You may notice that the Position Description title for this role (Business Specialist - Level Tahi/1) doesn't match the advertised title. At Toitū Te Whenua we design our roles around shared capabilities (rather than focusing on tasks). This means our position descriptions are broad, one position description can cover many roles, this is known as Broad Based Role (BBR). Using BBR allows us to be responsive to our customers and to strengthen the connections across our organisation. It also gives us the flexibility to provide wider opportunities to our people, to further their careers.